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Thanks a lot Meshon. It's for an ipad game hopefully. I like the rocks too... the idea for those came to me while I was sitting on the beach at Wategoes (Byron Bay, Australia) and admiring the large round stones that are embedded in the sand (eg. http://www.totaltravel.com/images/ph...646/479939.jpg )

Welcome to the Guild Swixel! That's a very nice map. I must say tough that I'm not sure what to make of the rocks; they seem very odd given the scale of the map. Is there some explanation as to why there are free standing boulders that are as large as entire mountain ranges? If not, to be honest, I think the map would be more consistent if these boulders were replaced by mountain ranges.